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Columbus Blue Jackets Today

Will Grimmer, a high school senior-to-be who played in the U.S. Open last month,
shot a 5-under-par 66 in the second round of the Ohio Amateur to take a one-stroke lead over
two-time winner
Robert Gerwin.

Grimmer birdied four of the last five holes on the front side and then played the back in

1 under to stand at 4-under 138 at the tournament’s midpoint. Grimmer is an Ohio State verbal
commitment who missed the cut at Pinehurst as one of the youngest Open qualifiers ever.

Fellow Cincinnati native Gerwin matched Grimmer’s 66 — the best rounds of the day at Coldstream
Country Club in Cincinnati.

Tied for third and another shot back at 2-under 140 are Mount Vernon’s
Tim Crouch, a former player at Florida Southern, and Wright State golf coach
Peter SamborskyII.

Jack Sparling of Dublin and
Clark Engle, a sophomore on the Ohio State golf team, are among those at 1
under.

The field of 144 was cut to the low 60 players and ties. Among those missing the cut was former
Cincinnati Reds third baseman
Chris Sabo.

• The Reno-Tahoe Open landed a new title sponsor and is changing its name to the Barracuda
Championship under a four-year, multimillion-dollar deal with Barracuda Networks Inc., a San
Francisco Bay area company that specializes in computer data storage and security systems.

Legal file

Dodgers found partially liable in fan’s beating

A San Francisco Giants fan who suffered brain damage in a beating at Dodger Stadium won his
negligence suit against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but former owner
Frank McCourt was absolved by the jury.

The jury found damages of about $18 million but said the Dodgers were responsible for only a
quarter of the sum. The rest of the responsibility was split between the two men who beat fan
Bryan Stow.

The jury delivered its verdict in a Los Angeles courtroom after weeks of testimony about the
assault after the opening-day game in 2011 between the rival teams.

Stow’s lawyers claimed the team and McCourt failed to provide adequate security at the stadium.
The defense countered that security was stronger than ever at an opening-day contest and Stow was
partially to blame because he was drunk.

Elsewhere

U.S. Open singles winners to get $3 million each

The U.S. Open men’s and women’s singles champions will earn a record $3 million apiece this
year.

The U.S. Tennis Association also announced that the total purse for the tournament will be $38.3
million, an increase of 11.7 percent from $34.3 million last year. The 2013 winners of the final
Grand Slam tournament of the season —
Rafael Nadal and
Serena Williams — earned $2.6 million.

Runners-up will get $1.45 million, an increase from $1.3 million. A player who loses in the
first round will make $35,750, an increase of $3,750.

The U.S. Open starts on Aug. 25.

• Ohio State placed a Big Ten-best 88 student-athletes from 30 sports on the Big Ten
Distinguished Scholars list, awarded to letter-winners in at least their second year of school who
earn a minimum grade-point average of 3.7. Thirteen OSU athletes had 4.0 GPAs.